Bandage Slipped Exposing Ruse to Save Family Pride
A Kansas City professional man tells of moving to Indiana at age six and growing up on a Holden farm. His tellable tale covers barefoot improv, a rag tied around a foot to hide a wounded pride, family schemes, a Georgia senator’s darky joke, and reflections on the rebel yell and kindness.
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Missouri
Indiana
Johnson County
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Prom
Georgia
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Journal and Tribune
Timber from fre-killed timber finds new uses
The United States Forest Service and the University of Washington report a method to unify fre-killed timber into usable seasoned lumber if cut within a year of death. Untreated, timber may check badly, but properly processed wood remains sound for factory use. Some railroads have built ties from timber killed up to fifty years ago.
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United States Forest Service
University of Washington
Seattle
Philadelphia
Chauncey Shafer’s Clerk Visits A Legal Term
A story about Chauncey Shafer and his temperate clerk Billy who, after lunch, is sent to observe a New York special term. Judge Brady presides over a substantive law case and notices Billy at the railing asking what the lawyers are doing, revealing the light, informal office dynamic.
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Macacint Saya
Chauncey Shafer
New York
Sidney Smith
Brady
Henes
Sints
Billy
The Best Man S Misplaced Payment Revealed
A young man found a $25 envelope in his pocket and later realized he had given a wedding minister a fee he believed was cash. The clergyman recalled receiving a bar of foul smelling cigarettes instead, clarifying the mix up.
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Man Notes Drug Store Stock Worth One Million
An elderly man visits a drug store for a prescription and pays for a dozen pills. After leaving the counter he surveys the premises and declares the store stock is worth about a million dollars, saying he has never before taken such a close survey.
Appetites of Strangers Reflect Dining Change
A waiter notes newcomers in restaurants eat more than regulars, craving extra in each dish as novelty flavors spark appetite. He observes strangers adjust quickly, eating as if starved for a month, while old-timers settle into familiar routines.
Excellence and Greatness in Art
A note contrasts excellence and greatness in art through a scene at Amsterdam's Trippenhuis. A masterwork pleases, but Rembrandt's Night Watch provokes awe and makes other paintings seem diminished. Greatness requires bold, adventurous effort and willingness to risk.
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Amsterdam
Night Watch
Rembrandt
Bycelignea
Victor Hugo
Politeness Row Over Window Fixtures Causes Stir
A Germantown woman confronts a workman about the price of window fixtures during installation. The exchange becomes tense as the laborer questions her, and the scene ends with an implied confrontation.
Lawyers Then and Now by John P Poe on legal training
The article contrasts past and present paths to law, noting old practice allowed reading law with a mentor and few questions at exam time. Poe recalls his father facing minimal testing and praise for natural talent over formal schooling, while today lawyers endure years of study and a rigorous bar exam.
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Rosd
Elate
John P. Poe
University of Maryland Law School
Blackstone
Senator Reaches For Farm In Right Hand Joke
A veteran US senator, now without a pass, forgets his ticket on a train. Conductor, aged and sharp, greets him and hints at a farm in a grim quip. The exchange turns on a joke about hands and actions.
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United States
Washington
Gregory
Greg
Dong
French Working Women
Statistics show France's working population at 19,750,075 with 6,806,510 women and girls. In agriculture 12,658,962 women are noted among 8,176,589 workers, commerce accounts for 689,995 women, domestic pursuits employ 791,176 women, industry supports 2,124,642 women. Female share by sector: agriculture 28 percent, commerce 38, domestic pursuits 77, learned professions 33.
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France
O'Donagan's Tact A Story Bar Stirling Tale
Stirling of the Players' company tells of an Irishman famed for tact who, after a quarry accident kills a boy, says he will inform the mother properly. He dons black and informs her her son's gold watch was lost, then explains a rockfall spared her son by luck.
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O'Donagan
Stirling
Players’ Company
Charcoal as Antidote Touted by French and Japanese Doctors
Japanese physicians declare internal poisoning can be checked if powdered charcoal is swallowed at first sign of distress. French physicians have tested charcoal and deem it the strongest antidote. Charcoal should be taken promptly in large doses, up to a soupspoonful, divided in water.
Special Meeting of Lexington Water Company Shareholders
The shareholders are notified a special meeting of Lexington Water Company stockholders will be held August 14, 1907 at 9 a.m. in Room 16 Haerle Building Lexington Missouri. Items include board resolutions, proposed first mortgage six percent gold bonds up to 1000000 dollars, use of bonds to retire maturing notes, mortgage deed of trust on all properties, and other business. President Chamielal Jonathan.
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Lexingion Water Company
Lexington Water Company
Haerle
Lexington
Missouri
Cnst
Taubman
Walter B. Waddell Ag
Cata Moewing
Ashland Wilkes
John R. Gentry
Maxie
Young Wilkes
Geo. Wilkes
Ashbrook
Geo. M. Catron
Warrensburg Road
Glued Clothes In Korea Fashion by Glueing Tailor
A tallor claims in Korea glue replaces needle and thread. He says a strong fish glue joins cloth with a brushed seam, allowing quick assembly and drying. The glued garments reportedly last as long as traditionally sewn ones.
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Korea
Tallor
The Real Grip Cause Pat’s Ill Health Explained
An old friend asks Pat about Bim and Pat explains a dispace grips people after they are wall. He says the grip makes you alck sit months after recovery, a winter illness described in plain speech.
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Pat
Bim
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